This paper identifies challenges to cross-border cooperation in Asia in the area of bank resolution and potential measures to enhance cooperation. In line with the consensus-based approach that is common in Asia, these measures include strengthening regulatory harmonisation and promoting...

Recent studies that have measured the levels of shareholder protection in Australia and compared them internationally have highlighted the relative strength of Australian shareholder protection. However, the question as to why this is so remains unanswered. Theories suggest that the development...

Debt collection activity is expected to rise significantly in 2021, as financial hardship becomes more prevalent due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Consumer advocates have warned of an impending “avalanche in debt collection” and have called for better enforcement of laws...

In the 20 years since their introduction, debt agreements have become the fastest growing form of personal insolvency in Australia, comprising 41.5 per cent of all personal insolvencies in 2016. Debt agreements were introduced to provide debtors respite from financial stress through arrangements...

This article discusses a trend towards increased empiricism in enforcement reporting by financial regulators that emphasises greater use of numerical indicators. The article examines how the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the...

This paper is one of a series of working papers that explore various aspects of Australia's system of financial regulation and the relevance of its experience to reform in other countries. Adopting a broad perspective that outlines the context in which the system operates in Australia, it...

This paper explores important issues relating to regulatory coordination and integration in the international financial system. Coordination in a regulatory context refers to coordination between regulators in different jurisdictions to achieve desired regulatory outcomes, including effective...

The issues of corporate misconduct, its effects and how regulators and other law enforcement actors respond to such behaviour are increasingly contentious in Australia and overseas. In the wake of a succession of scandals in recent years in Australia's financial sector there has been much debate...

One of the key lessons to come from the global financial crisis (GFC) was that regulation in many jurisdictions was missing an overarching policy framework for financial stability. In response, reformers have increasingly looked to macroprudential policies to plug this regulatory gap. One common...

This article analyses the international trend towards the adoption of short-form disclosure documents for retail financial products through a comparison of six jurisdictions: the European Union, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada and New Zealand. For the purposes of the analysis,...